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Assignment feedback: Instructors can annotate and grade student files directly within the browser with Box View. View Blackboard's Assignment Inline Grading page for more information.
Smart View (Instructors)
A smart view is a focused look at the Grade Center that shows only the columns that match a set of criteria. The view is saved for continued use. When the Grade Center includes a great number of students and columns, you can use smart views to quickly find data. Several smart views are available by default, but you can also create your own.
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When creating a forum, instructors can use the “Participants must create a thread in order to view other threads in this forum” setting, which will require students to post to a discussion before seeing other students' posts. View Blackboard's Create a Forum page for more information.
Use separate browsers to multi-task while managing courses (Instructors)
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